Taking Aim, Cannon Advantage Monthly Newsletter

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Volume 6, Issue 3 - March, 2007

• Business Decision-Making Self Audit

Instructions – Check the appropriate box for each question and send with your contact information to me for scoring.

1. Blue collar workers manufacture products and provide service while white collar workers manufacture decisions.

     True False

2. What percentage of the decisions made in your organization are successful?

     10% 30% 50% 70% 90%

3. What do bad decisions and failed implementations cost you?

     Not much Do not know HELP!

4. If you do not do any training, your people will become better decision-makers on their own.

     True False

5. How can you help improve decision-making in your organization?

     Buy Taking Aim for Better Decision-Making for all your employees.


     Email the “Decision Guy” at aim@cannonadvantage.com to learn more.


     Call Bob toll free at (866) 598-8450 to schedule training.


• Shameless Self Promotion

My first book, Taking Aim for Better Decision-Making is now available at www.cannonadvantage.com/ca_store.html.

What five things do readers need (to know)?

  1. Twenty years of research at Ohio State shows that decisions fail half of the time.
  2. Poor decision-making negatively affects revenue, profits, company reputation, long-term growth, customer service, employee morale and productivity.
  3. Decision-making is becoming increasingly more difficult.
  4. The way we have been taught to approach decisions is inherently flawed.
  5. Even a small improvement in decision-making could be a huge advantage.

What four things do readers want?

  1. They want to know what works, what doesn’t and why.
  2. They want to avoid the potential damage to their career that comes from bad decisions and bad implementations.
  3. They want a better decision-making process.
  4. They want to make good decisions that result in successful implementations.

What do readers learn?

  1. They learn the pitfalls of the traditional approach to decision-making.
  2. They learn the benefits of a why based approach to decision-making as opposed to a how based approach to decision-making.
  3. They learn a process that enhances commitment and accountability.
  4. They learn a process that works with and across all generations.
  5. They learn the Taking Aim decision-making process to improve results.
Mark LeBlanc, Author of “Growing Your Business” reviewed the book and said, “Bob Cannon has captured the essence of leadership in this special book. The best piece of advice I can give you is to devour this book. Buy one for each of your managers, and use it to spark ideas, and discussions. Better yet, bring Bob in and watch his process unfold and the strategies and ideas come to life.

Order now and improve your Decision-Making!

• New Book, New Store and New Prices!
“Taking Aim for Better Decision-Making” is now available at the new store on www.cannonadvantage.com/ca_store.html where you can buy the book and other products now at the new greatly reduced prices. The store has been modernized to include a shopping cart to allow us to add products as they are completed. If you haven’t visited the “Products” area on the site, I would encourage you to take a look and take advantage of our new prices and multiple purchase discounts.

If you have a subject that you would like to see covered in future issues of “Taking Aim,” please send me an email at aim@CannonAdvantage.com.


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Bob Cannon, Principal, The Cannon Advantage

Robert E. Cannon
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Burton, OH 44021 USA
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aim@cannonadvantage.com


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